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River Flood Warning 16, NWS New Orleans, LA

March 7, 2008Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 7, 2008, 9:18 AM CST for Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2008, 9:18 AM CST (15:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2008, 12:12 AM CST
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS New Orleans, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Saint Tammany Parish, LA

The river

Written for the forecast point Bogue Chitto River near Bush (BSHL1).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02492000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 7, 6:42 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 6:42 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 7:46 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		59 min
Mar 6, 8:55 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	17 hr
Mar 6, 11:07 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		113 min
Mar 6, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jefferson, Plaquemines	24 min
Mar 6, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Tammany	24 min
Mar 6, 11:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Tangipahoa	33 min
Mar 6, 11:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Plaquemines	35 min
Mar 7, 12:49 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		26 min
Mar 7, 1:00 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		60 min
Mar 7, 1:58 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
Mar 7, 6:28 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LIX		62 min
Mar 7, 6:31 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LIX	Saint Bernard	23 hr
Mar 7, 2:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	39 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.